line-height: 1.5;

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declaration-block-no-duplicate-properties

Disallow duplicate properties within declaration blocks.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

a { color: pink; color: orange; }
/** ↑            ↑
 * These duplicated properties */

This rule ignores variables ($sass, @less, --custom-property).

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body input {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body .pl-5 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ol ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ul ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body .pl-0 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ul ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body hr {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body table {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body .pl-6 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ul ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body input {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body a {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body pre {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body h1,

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body .pl-1 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body strong {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body h2 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body a {

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body h5 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body hr {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body .pl-v {

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body pre {

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body kbd {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body .pl-4 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ul ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body hr {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body h1,

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body img {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body a {

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body blockquote {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body h3 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body .pl-2 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ol ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body h1 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body h6 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

  font-family: monospace,monospace;

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font-family-no-duplicate-names

Disallow duplicate font family names.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

a { font-family: serif, serif; }
/**              ↑      ↑
 * These font family names */

This rule checks the font and font-family properties.

This rule ignores $sass, @less, and var(--custom-property) variable syntaxes.

Caveat: This rule will stumble on unquoted multi-word font names and unquoted font names containing escape sequences. Wrap these font names in quotation marks, and everything should be fine.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body h1 {

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body ol ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

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no-duplicate-selectors

Disallow duplicate selectors within a stylesheet.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.foo {} .bar {} .foo {}
/** ↑              ↑
 * These duplicates */

This rule checks for two types of duplication:

• Duplication of a single selector with a rule's selector list, e.g. a, b, a {}.
• Duplication of a selector list within a stylesheet, e.g. a, b {} a, b {}. Duplicates are found even if the selectors come in different orders or have different spacing, e.g. a d, b > c {} b>c, a d {}.

The same selector is allowed to repeat in the following circumstances:

• It is used in different selector lists, e.g. a {} a, b {}.
• The duplicates are determined to originate in different stylesheets, e.g. you have concatenated or compiled files in a way that produces sourcemaps for PostCSS to read, e.g. postcss-import.
• The duplicates are in rules with different parent nodes, e.g. inside and outside of a media query.

This rule resolves nested selectors. So a b {} a { & b {} } counts as a violation, because the resolved selectors end up with a duplicate.

.markdown-body ol,

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no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.

.markdown-body pre {

Close

no-descending-specificity

Disallow selectors of lower specificity from coming after overriding selectors of higher specificity.

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

#container a { top: 10px; } a { top: 0; }
/** ↑                           ↑
 * The order of these selectors represents descending specificity */

Source order is important in CSS, and when two selectors have the same specificity, the one that occurs last will take priority. However, the situation is different when one of the selectors has a higher specificity. In that case, source order does not matter: the selector with higher specificity will win out even if it comes first.

The clashes of these two mechanisms for prioritization, source order and specificity, can cause some confusion when reading stylesheets. If a selector with higher specificity comes before the selector it overrides, we have to think harder to understand it, because it violates the source order expectation. Stylesheets are most legible when overriding selectors always come after the selectors they override. That way both mechanisms, source order and specificity, work together nicely.

This rule enforces that practice as best it can, reporting fewer errors than it should. It cannot catch every actual overriding selector, but it can catch certain common mistakes.

How it works

This rule looks at the last compound selector in every full selector, and then compares it with other selectors in the stylesheet that end in the same way.

So .foo .bar (whose last compound selector is .bar) will be compared to .bar and #baz .bar, but not to #baz .foo or .bar .foo.

And a > li#wag.pit (whose last compound selector is li#wag.pit) will be compared to div li#wag.pit and a > b > li + li#wag.pit, but not to li or li #wag, etc.

Selectors targeting pseudo-elements are not considered comparable to similar selectors without the pseudo-element, because they target other elements on the rendered page. For example, a::before {} will not be compared to a:hover {}, because a::before targets a pseudo-element whereas a:hover targets the actual <a>.

This rule only compares rules that are within the same media context. So a {} @media print { #baz a {} } is fine.

This rule resolves nested selectors before calculating the specificity of the selectors.

DOM Limitations

The linter can only check the CSS to check for specificity order. It does not have access to the HTML or DOM in order to interpret the use of the CSS.

This can lead to valid linting errors appearing to be invalid at first glance.

For example the following will cause an error:

<!-- prettier-ignore -->

.component1 a {}
.component1 a:hover {}
.component2 a {}

This is a correct error because the a:hover on line 2 has a higher specificity than the a on line 3.

This may lead to confusion because "the two selectors will never match the same a in the DOM". However, since the linter does not have access to the DOM it can not evaluate this, and therefore correctly reports the error about descending specificity.

It may be possible to restructure your CSS to remove the error, otherwise it is recommended that you disable the rule for that line and leave a comment saying why the error should be ignored. Note that disabling the rule will cause additional valid errors from being reported.